Locational

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃənəl/

Definitions

1. Involving aspects that specify or define a particular site or place, often with reference to geography or spatial analysis
2. Pertaining to characteristics that determine or identify a specific position or area within a spatial context
3. Connected with defining or describing where something is situated in space

Etymology: "Locational" is a plain formation: the noun "location" with the adjective-forming suffix "-al" attached. The suffix comes down through Middle English from Latin "-ālis", which turned adjectives from nouns into the sense "relating to" or "pertaining to". English has used that pattern for centuries, so words like "national", "central" and "musical" all work the same way. "Location" itself is the noun that carries most of the history. It comes from the Latin "locātiō", a noun of action from "locāre", "to place", and English took it into the sense of a place or position. Adding "-al" gives the word its meaning of relating to place, as in a locational error or a locational advantage.

Synonyms: spatial, geographic, topographic, situational, positional

Antonyms: non-spatial, abstract, detached, dislocated, unlocated